{"cve":"CVE-2023-54154","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-24T13:16:17.407","modified":"2026-06-17T06:46:54.023","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: target: core: Fix target_cmd_counter leak\n\nThe target_cmd_counter struct allocated via target_alloc_cmd_counter() is\nnever freed, resulting in leaks across various transport types, e.g.:\n\n unreferenced object 0xffff88801f920120 (size 96):\n  comm \"sh\", pid 102, jiffies 4294892535 (age 713.412s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 38 01 92 1f 80 88 ff ff  ........8.......\n  backtrace:\n    [<00000000e58a6252>] kmalloc_trace+0x11/0x20\n    [<0000000043af4b2f>] target_alloc_cmd_counter+0x17/0x90 [target_core_mod]\n    [<000000007da2dfa7>] target_setup_session+0x2d/0x140 [target_core_mod]\n    [<0000000068feef86>] tcm_loop_tpg_nexus_store+0x19b/0x350 [tcm_loop]\n    [<000000006a80e021>] configfs_write_iter+0xb1/0x120\n    [<00000000e9f4d860>] vfs_write+0x2e4/0x3c0\n    [<000000008143433b>] ksys_write+0x80/0xb0\n    [<00000000a7df29b2>] do_syscall_64+0x42/0x90\n    [<0000000053f45fb8>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x6e/0xd8\n\nFree the structure alongside the corresponding iscsit_conn / se_sess\nparent.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cd41d1669bcbc5052afa897f85608a62ff3fb30","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d14e3e553e05cb763964c991fe6acb0a6a1c6f9c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f84639c5ac5f4f95b3992da1af4ff382ebf2e819"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:18:08.089039631+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2023-54154","score":0.00197,"percentile":0.09485,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}